Scott Frost
Quick Bio: One of the hottest names on the coaching market right now, Scott Frost has had an extremely successful season as Central Florida’s head coach this year. He played in the NFL for a few seasons before jumping into college coaching in the early 2000s.
Pros: Frost has exploded onto the scene this year as he’s led UCF to an undefeated season thus far and could help them crash the playoff picture as a Group of Five team. Frost also had success as Oregon’s offensive coordinator from 2013-15 before taking the UCF job.
Cons/Questions: This is Frost’s first ever head coaching job, and you hate to hire a coach after just one great season no matter how great that season actually is. What he’s done at UCF is commendable, but can he pull it off at a big time university like Tennessee?
Blake Anderson
Quick Bio: He’s coached in the state of Tennessee and he’s had success as a head coach. Blake Anderson is one of the more talked about rising head coaches in college football right now. He’s maintained the success of Arkansas State as a Group of Five standout, and he’s done a good job since taking over in 2014 as their head coach.
Pros: Anderson has been a head coach for several seasons and has coached at a Power Five school and in the state of Tennessee both. He was the co-offensive coordinator for MTSU from 2002-04 and the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for North Carolina from 2012-13.
Cons/Questions: He may have several years of head coaching experience, but they’re all at a smaller school. Anderson has yet to prove himself as a Power Five head coach.
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My opinion is: Be careful who you wish for, you might get them! We all know Jon Gruden knows a lot about football but how much does he know about being a College Football Coach? We need a person who is a dynamic coach that will take these recruits to the next level. We already have the talent in place, we just need to have a coach that knows how to develop them. So, Mr. Currie, please be careful and choose the right coach this time! I love Tennessee Vols football and just want it back to the glory days. Go Big Orange!
I don’t get the reluctance to welcome Jon Gruden back to The Hill. Any leader making anything much more complicated than meat loaf has to delegate much of what gets done to assistants. Does Jon Gruden know how to win football games? I think he does. Will elite players flock to K-town to play for him? I think they will. Can Coach Gruden attract good assistants? He must have to win a Super Bowl.
He is the guy if the university will finally show it cares about winning.
Bobby Petrine, T. Martin, new ideas, more disciplined better connected to the players. Able to instill Tennessee volunteers traditional into the game .and bring us back where we belong. I think recruting will still be good with either one of these as coaches?